Following her performance at Trump’s Inauguration, Chrisette Michele says some of her family has since disowned her.
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In a statement with Billboard, Chrisette said:
Originally I was supposed to perform directly after his first speech, and I had done that with Barack Obama before, so I was used to that kind of experience. And the woman who organized the event came and told me, “Now you’re going to go first and he’s going to go after you.” I looked her in the eye and said, “My family has disowned me. If you decide to Google me, you’ll see that America is writing about me in their newspapers. I’m the black poster child for discord right now, and he’s not going to shake my hand?” So no, I didn’t get to meet him.
Chrisette has an upcoming project “No Political Genius,” in response to this incident. Let’s see how this impacts her record sales. Here’s the first track by the same name, which she released via Instagram yesterday. (Jan. 24)
